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Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in The Age of Innocence

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English

 

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Mildred O

 

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September 20, 2015

 

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The relationship between Newland Archer and Madame Ellen Olenska, two protagonists in Wharton's novel, is an example of the classic relationship between a muse and an inspired man. Wharton was obviously well learned in the art of mythology as seen in her stories, The Lamp of Psyche and The Muse's Tragedy, and used this knowledge in order to portray a tragic tale of an inspired man...
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Blake Nevius states that Ellen has the mysterious faculty of suggesting tragic and moving possibilities outside the daily run of experience (185); it is a classic trait of a muse to evoke ideas of a life superior to the ordinary with endless possibilities. There are nine muses of Greek mythology who evoke different arenas of inspiration in a man; a muse of epic poetry, a muse of tragedy, a muse of comedy, a muse of history, a muse of astronomy, a muse of dance, a muse of sacred song, a muse of lyric poetry, and Erato, a muse of love poetry and passion (Marks 34)...
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